The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 176
Translated by Pure
Chapter 176 Mu Yang Fell and Broke His Left Arm (1)
As soon as Wen Yantong scared the child, a crowd ran over. In the lead was a young, attractive woman with a mature hairstyle and delicately applied makeup.
She was clearly the child's mother. She gave Wen Yantong a disapproving glare as she pulled her child towards her, saying, "Don't be scared, Nian'er. Mother is here."
Wen Yantong was also quite upset, so she stated with a light smile, "Your child has quite a few fathers huh?"
As soon as the pretty woman furrowed her brows, the old wet nurse next to her stepped up and sternly retorted, "Impudent! How dare you, wild girl, speak rudely to the princess!"
Wen Yantong was taken aback, she didn't expect the woman to be a princess, and at the same time. At the same time, she couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled. Why could this large group of people not even keep an eye on a single child, and allow him to indiscriminately call strangers his father on the street?
However, now that the woman has been identified as the princess, Wen Yantong didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so she could only explain, "Princess must have misunderstood, this humble girl just wanted to remind the princess to pay attention to safety when traveling, and take good care of the children..."
The wet nurse interrupted her again, "Who gave you the right to discipline our Princess?"
Wen Yantong simply fell silent, knowing that whatever she was to say would be incorrect. Just when she was thinking about how to get away from this situation, Chi Jingxi's voice came from behind, "Prince Jia’s Residence has quite the awe-inspiring authority, even daring to make a commotion on the streets?"
Everyone looked back and saw Chi Jingxi, standing on the front steps of the shop, looking down at the loud-voiced wet nurse.
The wet nurse recognized Chi Jingxi, and didn't dare to be arrogant anymore. She respectfully replied, "Little Marquis, it’s nothing serious. It’s just that this girl has offended the Princess, so this servant must teach her a lesson."
As soon as Wen Yantong heard ‘Prince Jia's Residence’, she already knew exactly who was standing in front of her. Prince Jia lost the battle for the throne against the Emperor back then, and was disparaged to Chang'an. Stripped of all power and authority, he retained only the empty title of 'Prince'.
Despite facing formidable opposition in court, Prince Jia was able to survive thanks to the influential power of his maternal clan. In a flash, twenty years went by. Although he appeared to have learned his lesson, he was actually devising plans and secretly plotting rebellion.
It's a pity that before he could implement his plan, he himself fell into the icy lake and froze to death.
Princess Jia and Chi Jingxi had crossed paths in the past. The princess was five years older than Chi Jingxi, and were playmates as children.
Wen Yantong had read in the novel was that she had never forgotten about Chi Jingxi, and she even indicated her willingness to surrender and pledge allegiance to Chi Jingxi. And as a gift, she planned to give Prince Jia's privately raised soldiers and plan information to him.
However, this was all rejected by Chi Jingxi.
Knowing this information, it was clear to see that the currently widowed Princess Jia had already made up her mind to pursue a ‘new man’.
Wen Yantong turned and looked at Princess Jia, the latter was really affectionately looking at Chi Jingxi; her eyes seemed to be filled with limpid autumn waters, charming and lovely.
Wen Yantong stepped back two paces and stood next to Chi Jingxi. In a low voice, she confided, "Little Marquis, I intended to send the child away, but I unexpectedly learned that it is Princess Jia's offspring."
Chi Jingxi turned to her and spoke quietly, "No need to explain, I've witnessed everything."
Wen Yantong made a clicking sound with her tongue. "Didn't I let you enter first?"
Looking at her expression, Chi Jingxi knew that she was peeved, so he smiled slightly and reassured her, "You did nothing wrong."
Seeing the two of them chatting intimately in front of her, Princess Jia smiled gently, "Jingxi, when did you come back to Chang'an? Why didn't you tell me?"
Chi Jingxi was quite polite, and pulled their distance ten thousand fathomaway, "Auntie surely knows how to joke."
Princess Jia's smile stiffened, "I received a black jade bow recently. I remember your love of archery, and wanted to give it to you as a gift."
"That will not be necessary. I already have enough bows." Chi Jingxi replied, "Auntie should keep it for herself. It seems my little cousin is about to grow up, he can surely put it to good use."
His refusal was so obvious that Princess Jia was momentarily at a loss for words. Her eyes displayed a hint of aggrievedness, but Chi Jingxi remained unmoved.
Wen Yantong watched the whole spectacle with relish, especially when she saw Princess Jia's ashen face from being verbally brushed aside; she couldn't help but want to laugh.
However, Chi Jingxi didn't like to be long-winded with others. Their conversation didn’t last a few minutes, but there was a hint of impatience in his voice as he said, "I’m a bit busy, so I'll take my leave first."
Princess Jia was unwilling to let him go easily, so she took a step forward and anxiously called out, "Jingxi..."
"Princess, please return to your manor quickly. If others were to find out your son has been indiscriminately calling strangers his father on the street, I'm afraid the deceased Prince would hardly rest in peace." Chi Jingxi didn't stay any longer after finishing speaking, he turned to Wen Yantong and said, "Come with me."
Then he turned around and entered the shop.
Prince Jia's Residence was already a thorn in the eyes of the Emperor. Although he was dead, his influence was still there. Naturally, Chi Jingxi doesn't want to have anything to do with them.
Wen Yantong looked back at Princess Jia for the last time. When she thought of her ending, Wen Yantong sighed lightly before following Chi Jingxi into the shop.
Seeing that Chi Jingxi had arrived to check the accounts, the shopkeeper immediately brought up the ledgers, poured a cup of hot tea, and waited beside him. The entourage next to him looked through the ledgers, while Chi Jingxi mainly just sat by, just waiting if any problems were found before making any conclusions.
Chi Jingxi rested his chin with one hand, frowning slightly; he looked a little irritated.
Wen Yantong asked in a low voice, "Little Marquis, are you upset about Princess Jia?"
Chi Jingxi glanced at her, "Why would I be bothered about her?"
"Then why the long face?" She asked.
"I was just thinking, by the time we checked through all the ledgers on this street, it would probably be dark." Chi Jingxi said, "Your father's paperwork may be finished at any time."
Although his words were incomplete, Wen Yantong understood the underlying meaning, and couldn't help laughing as she teased, "Little Marquis, are you reluctant to part with me?"
Chi Jingxi glanced at her, "Surreptitious."
The two started from one end of the street and made their way down, one by one. Wen Qin came to pick up Wen Yantong when they were halfway finished.
In front of Wen Qin's presence, the two couldn't do anything excessive, so they suppressed their urges, looked at each other for a few seconds, and separated.
Wen Yantong comforted herself. It’s fine, time is still long, they’ll have a chance to meet again in the future.
Who knew that within a few days, Chi Jingxi quietly notified her that he was heading back to Chaoge first. The reason being because something had happened to Mu Yang.
After Wen Yantong received the note, she was extremely anxious for Mu Yang’s safety, she was worried about it all day long.
The truth of the matter was, Mu Yang had fallen from a tree and broke his left arm.
It was said that since Chi Jingxi left Chaoge, Mu Yang had lived his days without splendor. As the prince and the crown prince's biological younger brother, Cheng Xin was so busy every day that he had no time to play with Mu Yang.
Moreover, the siblings in the Mu Residence ostracized Mu Yang, mainly because the division between the concubine and the main madam was too severe, so Mu Yang didn’t get along well with them.
As for Fu Zixian, well, Mu Yang also attempted contacting him twice. The people of Fu Residence welcome Mu Yang very much. Once he clearly asked to find Fu Zixian, but instead Fu Mingyi appeared, which made him very disappointed.
However, someone anonymously complained to Mu Yuan about Mu Yang's frequent visits to the Fu Residence, which resulted in Mu Yuan scolding Mu Yang and forbidding him from going out again.
This made Mu Yang extremely angry to the point of vomiting blood. Grounded, he could only eat, sleep, and stand around; eventually he lost even his interest in archery.
